Small Bear is feeling a little off – but is it a cold or a cough? Or is it something more.... A beautifully illustrated book that explains what happens when your doctor takes a throat swab! Designed to demystify a medical laboratory process for little ones and their wh a nau. My Sore Throat is a charming children's book, with a poetic narrative that follows Small Bear as he gets poorly with a sore throat and visits the doctor for a throat swab. Small Bear and his father don't know what happens to the throat swab next, so they visit Uncle Fred, a medical laboratory scientist who explains it all. Illustrated throughout with richly detailed collage art, the book gives young readers and their adults lots to look at and enjoy, while explaining a medical laboratory process and gently presenting some important public health messages.